Part 38

=tafo ka sha mamarka=, Schizoglossum sp. nr. S. Petherickianum, Oliv. (Asclepiadeæ). A small herb with umbels of white flowers and milky juice. (Etym. “come and take the breast;” probably used for others of the same Natural Order, the “milkweed” family; vide =tatarida=, =saniya=, and =rojiya=.)

=taga rana=, vide =idon zakara=.

=takalmin zomo= (Kano, Sok., &c.), Cadalvena Dalzielii, C. H. Wright (Scitamineæ). A low stemless herb of the ginger family, with 4 flat succulent leaves and yellow flowers. Syn. =tabarman zomo= (Zaria), and =kunnen zomo=.

=takaluwa=, a synonym for =daddawa=, q.v.

=takanḍa=, Sorghum vulgare, var. saccharatum (Gramineæ). One of the species of sugar-cane; grown like Guinea Corn to which it is botanically akin. cf. =rake=.

=takanḍar giwa= (Kats. Sok. and Zanf.), Hannoa undulata, Planch. (Simarubeæ). A tree with pinnate leaves, white fragrant blossoms and black plum-like fruit. Syn. =namijin gwabsa= (Kontagora, &c.). N.B. In many districts the name is applied to the tree Cussonia nigerica, Hutch. or =gwabsa=, q.v. cf. also =raken giwa=.

=takeyi=, vide under =kuḅewa=.

=talaki= or =talakin Yarubawa=, Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Benth. (Leguminosæ). “West African Indigo.” “Yoruba Wild Indigo.” A woody climber. The indigo dye prepared from the leaves, better than that from =baba=, is imported into N. Nigeria (e.g. to Sokoto from Illorin), and dyeing is done in pots not in pits. vide also =shunin biri=.

=taliya=, a sort of macaroni made from flour of =alkama=, q.v. (Etym. probably from Italy).

=tamangaji=, vide under =gero=.

=tamaseki=, vide under =baba=.

=tamba=, Eleusine corocana, Gaertn. (Gramineæ). A grass about 2 feet high, wild and cultivated as a kind of millet; flowering head with many crowded rays, “Kurakan”—Ceylon; “Marua” or “Ragi” Millet—India.

=tambari=, a herb; ?Grangea maderaspatana, Poir. (Compositæ). A weed with small solid heads of yellow flowers and divided leaves.

=tamna geḍa=, a small var. of water-melon; vide under =guna=.

=tamraro= or =tauraro=, Anthericum sp. (Liliaceæ). A small liliaceous plant with yellowish stems and white flowers opening in the evening; somewhat resembling “Star of Bethlehem.” (Etym. “star.”). In Zanfara used also for Cyanotis cæspitosa, Kotschy. et Peyr. (Commelynaceæ), a small stemless plant with azure blue flowers (and probably other species).

=tandara=, vide =idon zakara=.

=tankwa= (Sok.), red pepper; vide =barkono=.

=tantaroba=, Indigofera diphylla, Vent. (Leguminosæ). A low spreading herb with 2-foliate leaves and pink flowers; used medicinally.

=tantsiya=, vide =kwankwani=.

=taramniya=, Combretum verticillatum, Eng. and Diels, and several other species (Combretaceæ). A tree with white spikes of flowers and 4-winged fruit; a source of gum. (C. geitonophyllum, Diels, and others).

=tara yaya=, vide =giginyar biri=.

=tarin gida= (Sok., &c.), Glossonema nubicum, Decne. (Asclepiadeæ). A low branched herb of fields and waste places in the north, with milky juice and follicles covered with soft prickles. Syn. =tatarida=. (Etym. of both names from the pods crowded to bursting with silky seeds). Sometimes called =tafo ka sha mama=, q.v. Eaten by goats and capable of being used as a vegetable.

=tarnekuwa=, a var. of =gero=, q.v.

=taru=, Combretum herbaceum, Don. (Combretaceæ). A low undershrub with 4-winged fruit and hard root (hence also called =kariye galma=, q.v., or “break hoe”).

=tasshi=, vide under =gawo=.

=tataba= (Sok.). Syn. =mashayi=, q.v.

=tatarida=, vide =tarin gida=.

=tatasai=, large chillie peppers; vide under =barkono=.